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The words "Shaver socket" describe the exact electrical appliance to be used in that socket....an electric shaver and nothing else. The socket is designed with an isolating transformer so there is no earth on the output side and that's why shavers only have 2 wires and are all class II i.e. double insulated.
If the straighteners have a 3 pin plug fitted they also may be class II but need to be plugged into the socket the plug is designed for i.e. a UK 3 pin socket and not via an adaptor.
Using them on a shaver socket may damage the isolating transformer by overheating and a subsequent shock risk.
 
all these new fang-gangled gadgets. i have never, never in my life, used straighteners, curlers, plug-in razors, hairdryers, or any of the other unnecessary but must have accessories that QVC says we can't live without.
 
all these new fang-gangled gadgets. i have never, never in my life, used straighteners, curlers, plug-in razors, hairdryers, or any of the other unnecessary but must have accessories that QVC says we can't live without.
Well I could live without hair straighteners and dryers, cus I aint got any hair
 
Well I could live without hair straighteners and dryers, cus I aint got any hair
who cares about hair, pete. it's only a sunscreen for yer yed. a knotted hankey can do the same job.
 
just opened a nice bottle of hair restorer. Captain Smith's. brewed by Titanic brewery in Stoke. 5.2%. it's just like mother's milk. YUM. YUM.
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????? sorry, pete, i failed the course in Klingon.
 

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